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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
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A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
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If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.
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Don't flatter the rich, or appear to willing before the great.
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A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.
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No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.
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Never be entirely idle but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
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The humble live in continuous peace, while in the hearts of the proud are envy and frequent anger.
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Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
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He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors.
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Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.
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Have therefore zeal to better thyself and then mayst thou have zeal to thy neighbor.
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What thou art, that thou art that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
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Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
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All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.
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You are a man, not God you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden?
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If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
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The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.
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Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.
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God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.
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If thou hadst a good conscience thou wouldst not greatly fear death.
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